UK comedy

Dunedin · May 07, 2012, 05:05:50 PM

Ok, hit me with your favourite UK comedy. Could be sitcom, sketch, quiz I don't care, I'm not fussy.

Here's a few of mine,

Father Ted

I'm Alan Partridge

Peepshow

The Mighty Boosh

The IT Crowd

Baltar · May 08, 2012, 10:49:40 PM

Python. I know, I know current show. Uhm, World Service?

Worthless Willie · May 10, 2012, 01:18:27 PM

Man, Peep Show is friggin' great. I'm about halfway through, and I love every minute of that shit.

Also, just started checking out Spaced. I like what I've seen so far.

neighbor664 · May 10, 2012, 11:34:44 PM

Caught a few episodes of Spaced. Funny. Also, though the US version is bit of a downer, the UK Shameless is hilarious.

Dunedin · May 13, 2012, 08:47:36 AM

Jazzed up the OP with a few clips. Enjoy!

Volume · May 13, 2012, 12:50:10 PM

The Fast Show was great.

RageofKlugman · May 17, 2012, 06:26:00 AM

Yep, the Fast Show was cool, but I think my favourite British TV comedy would have to be Blackadder.

Dunedin · May 17, 2012, 01:58:22 PM

Quote from: RageofKlugman on May 17, 2012, 06:26:00 AM
Yep, the Fast Show was cool, but I think my favourite British TV comedy would have to be Blackadder.

Blackadder had a lot going for it, I never felt like it lost its steam, even through four series. The writing was just as good at the end as it was at the start of series 1.

Incidentally I had a friend at school who's surname was Blackadder. Anyone care to hazard a guess what his school days were like?

mortlock · May 18, 2012, 12:44:18 AM

benny hill was the king..

mertzy · May 18, 2012, 01:41:32 AM

^^^^yep.

RageofKlugman · May 18, 2012, 05:43:37 AM

QuoteYep, the Fast Show was cool, but I think my favourite British TV comedy would have to be Blackadder.

Blackadder had a lot going for it, I never felt like it lost its steam, even through four series. The writing was just as good at the end as it was at the start of series 1.

Incidentally I had a friend at school who's surname was Blackadder. Anyone care to hazard a guess what his school days were like?

I've never been a massive fan of the first series of Blackadder; it's bit different in tone from the later ones. I have a feeling it was written by Richard Curtis on his own and Ben Elton was subsequently drafted in as a co-writer for the remaining three series.

eugenicscum · May 18, 2012, 07:27:00 AM

^ That's exactly what happened.

Some of my other favourites:

Red Dwarf
Not the Nine O clock news
Fawlty Towers
Britta's Empire
Coupling
Saxondale
That Mitchell & Webb Look
The Thin Blue Line

etc

Dunedin · May 20, 2012, 01:43:33 PM

Mitchell and Webb do some excellent spoofs. Here's one of Sky TV sports coverage,

Saxondale is an excellent gentle character comedy; ageing roadie turned pest controller, it's much more about Steve Coogan making Saxondale a completely believable character, which I think he does.

Dunedin · May 20, 2012, 01:46:57 PM

The Mary Whitehouse Experience did these excellent spoofs of stuffy academic programs. enjoy!

strangelight · June 26, 2013, 09:21:54 PM

bumpppp.

i don't usually like UK comedy. because it isn't funny. *waits to get yelled at*

but i just finished the first three seasons of misfits and it made me laugh a lot.

plus it's got the dude who plays ramsay snow from GOT in it.

ez · June 27, 2013, 12:57:19 PM

first two seasons of Misfits were great. after that it went downhill fast.

I'll second

Blackadder
Fawlty Towers
Spaced
Red Dwarf

and will add

The Inbetweeners
Extras
League of Gentlemen
The Office

strangelight · June 27, 2013, 03:27:46 PM

i enjoyed season 3, but it definitely wasn't as good as previous seasons. the rudy character was pretty shit and the ability to switch powers to whatever you wanted was a huge cop-out.

ez · June 28, 2013, 03:26:53 AM

whatever you do, don't watch season 4.

strangelight · June 28, 2013, 06:18:39 PM

my friend said season 4 was his favourite. i'm about halfway through and i like it. not sure i'd say it was my favourite, but it doesn't seem like a huge drop-off either.

bitter · June 28, 2013, 07:46:42 PM

Misfits was really cool initially, then fell apart once cast members started bailing. The story also ceased to make any sense when their powers started switching up. The big-titted girl that played Kelly was also filthy. Too bad she got arrested for racial assault and left the show before showing them.

strangelight · June 28, 2013, 08:10:21 PM

season 1 and 2 were great. season 3 had a lot of WTF and "well that's convenient" moments, but i stuck with it. season 4 just feels like a different tv show. the power swapping thing really did this show in, in addition to losing the entire original cast. i'm not sure, but i heard even the guy that plays rudy isn't gonna be in season 5. so why bother?

ez · June 30, 2013, 08:49:54 AM

TBH I only watched the first two episodes of Season 4 before giving up on it entirely.

Jackvpuj · September 24, 2013, 03:44:50 AM

Newbie report it. Enable Signature with it

alfie · September 27, 2013, 04:29:14 PM

Fill out yer top ten.

Dunedin · September 28, 2013, 09:46:01 AM

Quote from: strangelight on June 26, 2013, 09:21:54 PM
bumpppp.

i don't usually like UK comedy. because it isn't funny. *waits to get yelled at*

Strangelight, why would I yell at you when I can simply "put you in the comfy chair"?

UK comedy

mertzy